Footboard brace



Nov. 16, 1926.

FREUND FOOTBOARD BRACE Filed Sept. 21. 1925 61m mu: 4

Patented Nov. 1%, 1925.

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HENRY FREUND, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

Application filed September This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a foot board brace.

One object of the invention is to provide a brace 01 the character described specially designed to support and brace the toot, or running board, of a motor vehicle.

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of the character described which is adjustable so that it may be easily applied and thereafter adjusted as the necessities of the case may require.

lVith the above and other objects in view this invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, opera (ion and arrangement or" parts, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 shows a side View or a motor vehicle with the brace applied thereto, and

Figure 2 shows an enlarged front elevation of the brace.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate similar parts in each of the figures the numeral 1 designates the foot board, or running board, of the motor Vehicle 2 and the numeral 3 designates the side member of the windshield frame. Two brackets i and 5 are provided. These brackets are formed of metal straps bent so as to form tight angularly disposed arms, the horizontal arms fitting against the under and upper sides. respectively, of the running board 1, and being secured in place the bolt 6, and the vertical arms being BBAUE.

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spaced apart as shown. have a space block 7 between them, secured in place by a bolt 6.

These vertical arms it sectional hanger rod is provided consisting of the sections by the conventional turn buckle ll.

9 and 10 connected The upper end of the section 9 has an eye the brackets l and 5.

A bolt 15 is secured to said upper ends and is fitted through the eye 1%.

The

brace, when applied may be suitably tightened up by adjusting the turnbuckle 11 and will support and brace, not only the running board but. also the adjacent tender as well.

W hat I claim is A toot board brace for motor vehicles comprising a pair or brackets having upstanding spaced arms adapted to be clamped over the outer edge or" a foot board, a brace rod having an eye in each end, one of which is fitted between said bracket arms, a bolt passing through said bracket arms and said eye between them, a bolt passing through the eye in the other end of said rod and into the upper portion of the body and a turn buckle for adjusting the length of said rod.-

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HENRY FREUND. 

